14766 S Portage Rd, Vicksburg, MI 49097

Exclusive Agriculture District

This District is responsive to the goals and policies of the Schoolcraft Township Master Plan pertaining to preservation of the agricultural land base of the Township, and is derived from the Agricultural Preservation land use classification in the Plan. Unlike the AG-2 General Agriculture District, which may intentionally include large wooded areas and vacant lands, and other non-farmed lands providing rural character, this zoning district is specifically intended to support and protect those lands within the Agricultural Preservation designation on the Master Plan's Future Land Use Plan Map 8 that are presently committed to agricultural production and; or have the greatest long term potential for active agricultural production. The areas included in this district will therefore generally have one or more of the following characteristics in a pervasive or substantial manner: amenable to production agriculture due to relatively large size parcel; dominant prime farmland soils or soils otherwise suitable for production based on crop selection and history; enrolled in the State's PA 116 farmland preservation program; crop irrigation systems; existing agricultural use; lack of immediate proximity to either the Village of Vicksburg or the Village of Schoolcraft, or other areas of existing or planned development; otherwise conducive to highly productive agricultural use; contiguity with areas possessing one or more of the preceding characteristics.; The regulations for this district are specifically designed and intended to substantially prevent the encroachment of non-agricultural uses, and therefore significantly restrict non-farm development, including new single-family dwellings. New housing developments such as subdivisions; plats including expansion of existing subdivisions; plats are not allowed in this district.